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Application for exemption under Iowa Code §261B.11 (1)(i)

Postsecondary educational institutions licensed by the state of Iowa under section 157.8 or 158.7 to operate as schools of cosmetology arts and sciences or as barber schools in the state. (Includes Iowa-licensed schools of cosmetology that also offer massage therapy programs.)

1. Review the exemption application requirements and have all information ready to enter into the application before you begin. The application preparation process may require you to identify links to your website where you have posted policies required by the application questions below; or prepare text of policies and procedures that you will need to either 1) enter into textboxes associated with application questions below, or 2) submit as attachments to an email directed to appropriate Iowa College Aid staff as indicated under each question.

If no, the school must prominently state in all of its electronic, paper or verbal promotional statements, and on its enrollment agreement with the student, that it is not accredited, that credits earned at the school may not transfer to accredited schools.

Is this information available on your website? *

Yes

No

If yes, provide the URL.

URL *

If no, how do you disclose to prospective students the fact that you are not accredited and that credits or clock hours earned at your school may not transfer to accredited institutions? *

Submit documentation that includes these disclosures for prospective students via email to lisa.pundt@iowa.gov.

Note: additional questions below give you the option to submit necessary disclosures, policies, and procedures via the same email.

5. You must submit current documentation that your barber or cosmetology school is licensed by the Iowa Board of Barbering or the Iowa Board of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences. Provide URL to the current record of a license issued on the Iowa Bureau of Professional Licensure’s website. *